Controls and BAS Technician Jobs in Atlanta, GA
Building automation, SCADA and DDC systems for cooling and power monitoring. A rapidly expanding southeastern market serving the Gulf and Atlantic corridors.
Backlogs in Northern Virginia are running around eight months for this role.
Base range for this role is $78,000 - $130,000, before per diem. Work in this corridor clusters around Atlanta, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Conyers.
What gets you hired
Platform certification on the building automation system in use, usually Niagara, Distech, Siemens or JCI. BACnet and Modbus troubleshooting are assumed.
When this trade is needed
Overlaps mechanical fit-out and runs deep into commissioning, because nothing passes integrated systems testing until the sequences behave.
Why Atlanta specifically
Atlanta serves the Gulf and Atlantic corridors and has expanded fast without the land constraints of the northeast. Fibre routes and power availability pulled the capacity in.
The southeast hub, so crews working the region treat it as a base rather than a trip. Useful if you want data centre work without permanent travel.